It
has happened again. We go through this every four years, and every four
years the vast majority of “conservatives” fall for it.
This is such a broken record. What did Forrest Gump say: “Stupid
is as stupid does”? And wasn’t it P.T. Barnum who said,
“There’s a sucker born every minute”? Well, here we
go again.

Neocon
RINO George H.W. Bush picks “conservative” Dan Quayle. “Conservative”
G.W. Bush picks neocon RINO Dick Cheney. Neocon RINO John McCain picks
“conservative” Sarah Palin. Now, neocon RINO Mitt Romney
picks “conservative” Paul Ryan. As long as there is one
“conservative” on the ticket, mushy-headed “conservatives”
across the country will go into a gaga, starry-eyed, hypnotic trance
in support of the Republican ticket. I’m convinced that if Lucifer,
himself, was the GOP Presidential candidate, he would get the support
of the Religious Right and Republican “conservatives” as
long as he selected a reputed “conservative” to join his
ticket. And, by the way, the notable “conservative” wouldn’t
think twice about joining such a ticket, either, I’m convinced.

Let’s
just get this on the record: since 1960, there have only been two Presidential
nominees (from the two major parties) who were not controlled by the
globalist elitists. One was a Democrat, John F. Kennedy; the other was
a Republican, Ronald Reagan. Kennedy was shot and killed; Reagan was
shot. Every other President, Democrat or Republican, has been totally
controlled, which is why none of them have done diddly-squat to make
a difference in the direction of the country. On the issues that really
matter, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are just more of the same!

Ok!
I hear all the boos!

So,
let me ask you, how many unborn babies in Massachusetts did Romney save?
What did Mitt Romney do to preserve, protect, and defend the Second
Amendment in the State of Massachusetts? How unlike Obamacare was Romneycare?
You’re telling us that the same people who elected and reelected
Ted Kennedy elected Mitt Romney, because both men are conservatives?
And you expect us to not laugh, right?

Listen
folks, a Presidential administration is defined more by foreign policy
than by domestic policy. When it comes to rogue domestic policies attempted
by the executive branch of government in Washington, D.C., there are
many safeguards, checks and balances that the several sovereign states
are able to do to resist said policies. In fact, when it really comes
right down to it, any federal policy is only so much spit in the wind
without the approval and approbation of the states. So, quit bellyaching
about what the President says or does, and get serious about what your
State governors, attorney generals, State legislators and senators,
county sheriffs, and city mayors are doing. However, foreign policy
is another matter.

The
only checks and balances to a President’s foreign policy decisions
reside inside the Beltway, mostly with Congress. And herein lies the
problem: both Democrat and Republican congresses over the past many
decades have literally abdicated their constitutional responsibilities
relative to providing checks and balances to the executive branch and
have granted almost dictatorial powers to the White House when it comes
to foreign policy.

There
is one domestic issue in which there are almost no checks and balances
by anyone in the federal or State governments. And this is the outgrowth
of this globalist, interventionist, Warfare State that has been proliferating
exponentially ever since the Lyndon Johnson administration: the Nanny
State, which is a polite way of saying, the Police State.

The
Police State is excused and fueled by the Warfare State. We must have
the Department of Homeland Security, because we are at war. We must
have the Patriot Act, because we are at war. We must have a total surveillance
society, because we are at war. We must sacrifice our individual and
civil liberties, because we are at war. We must accept drones flying
over our neighborhoods, because we are at war. Our bank records must
be turned over to the Feds, because we are at war. Our electronic communications
records must be turned over to the Feds, because we are at war. The
list never ends.

To
get an idea of how serious this burgeoning Police State is becoming,
read this article in the very Republican-friendly Washington Times.
If an article like this appears in the WT, you know the reality is actually
much worse. Read
the Times article.

Ladies
and gentlemen, it is time to take the blinders off: neither Mitt Romney
nor Paul Ryan is going to do anything to change the status quo. Nada.
Nothing. Zero. Zilch.

As
governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney doesn’t have a voting record
on these national Warfare State/Police State issues. But Paul Ryan does.
And it isn’t pretty!

Jane
Aitken wrote an excellent synopsis of Paul Ryan’s voting record
that appeared on LewRockwell.com. She noted that Ryan voted for federalizing
rules for driver licenses; voted to make the Patriot Act permanent;
voted to allow electronic surveillance without a warrant; voted to authorize
military force in Iraq; voted to spend an “emergency” $78
billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; voted to declare Iraq
part of the “War on Terror” with no exit date; and voted
against redeploying US troops out of Iraq.

That’s
why I say, on the issues that really matter, Paul Ryan is just more
of the same.

Ron
Paul is the only Presidential candidate (from the two major parties)
since John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan who hasn’t been controlled
by the globalist elite. Unfortunately, the Republican machine (with
massive support from the national press corps) has made sure--often
by unethical and illegal means, by the way--that Dr. Paul will not be
the GOP nominee.

So,
here we go again!

That
said, if I were a betting man, I would put my money on Romney winning
in November. Unlike Bill Clinton’s Teflon veneer, the sheen has
worn off Obama. Only die-hard Democrats and ultra-liberal independents
could stomach voting for him a second time. But the problem is a Romney-Ryan
administration will do nothing to change the downward spiral of the
nation. They will continue the fanatical interventionist, preemptive
war policies of Obama and Bush. They will also continue to build and
construct the Orwellian domestic Police State--and as Sonny and Cher
sang, “The Beat Goes On.”

Sadder
still is the fact that after Romney is elected in November, the vast
majority of “conservatives” will do what they always do
when a Republican is elected President: go into deep, extended hibernation--lasting
exactly four years and awaking just in time to go through the façade
all over again. What was it that Forrest Gump and P.T. Barnum said?

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